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<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies for multiple postings<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>PhDs in Language documentation and description <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies (LMS)at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, invites suitably qualified people to apply to undertake doctoral research on an Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, or Papuan language in
one of four regional hotspots of multilingualism (fieldwork sites have been identified in north-east India, northern Thailand, peninsular Malaysia and eastern Indonesia), leading to a comprehensive grammatical description of that language. Prior knowledge
of Hindi/Assamese, Thai or Malay would be a distinct advantage. These grammatical descriptions will contribute data to a major interdisciplinary research project titled 'Exploring the crossroads of linguistic diversity: language contact in South-East Asia'
funded by the Singaporean Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 2 Research Grant Scheme. For a brief description, see<span style="color:#262354">
</span><a href="http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf">http://linguistics.hss.ntu.edu.sg/AboutLMS/newsevents/Documents/ACTier2news.pdf</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ideal applicants will have a solid grounding in general linguistics and already hold an MA, or a BA with a good Honours grade. PhD candidates can anticipate doing one year of graduate coursework, followed by three years of empirically-based
research. After completion of the coursework year, candidates will undertake a 9-12 month period of fieldwork that will involve living in a speech community to record and analyse linguistic data. S/he will then return to Singapore to complete the first draft
of a grammar and prepare the corpus of materials for archiving. A second trip of approximately 4 months will be made in the final year to check the analysis. While based in Singapore, graduates will be given the opportunity to develop their teaching skills
by assisting faculty members in running undergraduate courses.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Outstanding applicants will be offered the NTU Research Scholarship. This starts at SGD $2000/mth for international students, rising to SGD $2500/mth after confirmation. The duration of the scholarship is for four years subject to satisfactory
performance, and the above-mentioned research project will provide PhD candidates with additional funding to cover their related fieldwork and travel expenses. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Alexander Coupe
<a href="mailto:arcoupe@ntu.edu.sg">arcoupe@ntu.edu.sg</a> to discuss a possible research project in north-east India or Mainland Southeast Asia. Applicants interested in working in eastern Indonesia should contact Dr. František Kratochvíl
<a href="mailto:fkratochvil@ntu.edu.sg">fkratochvil@ntu.edu.sg</a>. The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 January 2013. Applicants receiving offers of scholarships and candidature will be expected to start in August, 2013.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For further information pertaining to graduate study at NTU and research scholarships, see:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Graduate/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Graduate/Pages/default.aspx</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dr. Alexander R. Coupe, Ph.D.
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Assistant Professor
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Nanyang Technological University<br>
HSS-03-56, 14 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 637332 <br>
Tel: (65) 6592-1567 </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray">GMT+8h</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Fax: (65) 6795-6525
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Email:
<a href="mailto:arcoupe@ntu.edu.sg"><span style="color:black">arcoupe@ntu.edu.sg</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">|</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Web:
<a href="http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics/Pages/default.aspx">http://www.ntu.edu.sg/HSS/Linguistics</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area<br>
<a href="http://stedt.berkeley.edu/ltba/">http://stedt.berkeley.edu/ltba/</a><br>
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